chaaalieboy Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hey guys, I've got an Asus P5Q-SE MoBo running a core 2 duo processor. a PNY nVidia 9400GT video card, and a 500gb SATA drive. I patched the bios to the version posted on the OSX86 Wiki, and now when i reboot with the iDeneb v1.4 DVD in the drive to try and install, I get the initial gray bootup screen with the apple and the spinning circle thingy below it. after about a minute or so the apple gets a little circle with a cross on top of it, which looks kinda like this: (/), then nothing. am I forgetting anything? any help is much appreciated Thanks, Charlie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hey guys, I've got an Asus P5Q-SE MoBo running a core 2 duo processor. a PNY nVidia 9400GT video card, and a 500gb SATA drive. I patched the bios to the version posted on the OSX86 Wiki, and now when i reboot with the iDeneb v1.4 DVD in the drive to try and install, I get the initial gray bootup screen with the apple and the spinning circle thingy below it. after about a minute or so the apple gets a little circle with a cross on top of it, which looks kinda like this: (/), then nothing. am I forgetting anything? any help is much appreciated Thanks, Charlie Boot using the boot-flag -v and let us know on what line it hangs at. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaaalieboy Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Boot using the boot-flag -v and let us know on what line it hangs at. how do I do that? Sorry, I'm a bit of a novice. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 how do I do that? Sorry, I'm a bit of a novice. thanks When you start the machine up it will say Darwin Bootloader and will count down. If you press the key listed it will then allow you to specify boot options. -v will start you up in Verbose Mode and display useful information instead of the Apple logo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaaalieboy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 When you start the machine up it will say Darwin Bootloader and will count down. If you press the key listed it will then allow you to specify boot options. -v will start you up in Verbose Mode and display useful information instead of the Apple logo. last thing it says: MAC Framework successfully initialized using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster 10 buffer headers dsmos: Starting... IOAPIC: Version 0x20 vectors 0:23 ACPI System State [s0 S3 S4 S5] (S3) extension "com.apple.driver.applePCIConficurator" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style. mbinit: done security auditing service present BSM auditing present From path: "uuid" Waiting for boot volume with UUID 70DA2E5A-5D48-33D0-BD79-85C1B248FCCE Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources,/string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict> Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device And it continues like that Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 last thing it says: MAC Framework successfully initialized using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster 10 buffer headers dsmos: Starting... IOAPIC: Version 0x20 vectors 0:23 ACPI System State [s0 S3 S4 S5] (S3) extension "com.apple.driver.applePCIConficurator" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style. mbinit: done security auditing service present BSM auditing present From path: "uuid" Waiting for boot volume with UUID 70DA2E5A-5D48-33D0-BD79-85C1B248FCCE Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources,/string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict> Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device And it continues like that Thanks The "still waiting for root device" error 1. If you have PATA (IDE) drives you need to make sure that your hard drive jumper is set to master. 2. If you have SATA then: 1. Check your BIOS and see if you can set your SATA to "IDE Mode" I have also seen this mentioned as AHCI Off in some BIOS 2. Your chipset may not be supported and there is not much you can to install other than using an older PATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaaalieboy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 The "still waiting for root device" error1. If you have PATA (IDE) drives you need to make sure that your hard drive jumper is set to master. 2. If you have SATA then: 1. Check your BIOS and see if you can set your SATA to "IDE Mode" I have also seen this mentioned as AHCI Off in some BIOS 2. Your chipset may not be supported and there is not much you can to install other than using an older PATA drive. Hey, It was already set to IDE mode. I just had to switch it to "compatibility mode" too. Dunno if that helps anyone that might go digging and get this post. But now when i get to the "select a destination" screen it doesn't detect my HDD. Ima try erasing the drive and starting over. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaaalieboy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 It's set to IDE mode, and i can get the installation to start. But once it gets to the select destination screen, it doesnt detect my HDD. I've been fiddling with the bios for an hour, and i can't figure out how to set any kind of master/slave designation. doees anyone have any experience with this? Does anyone think formatting the drive would help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1122789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 It's set to IDE mode, and i can get the installation to start. But once it gets to the select destination screen, it doesnt detect my HDD. I've been fiddling with the bios for an hour, and i can't figure out how to set any kind of master/slave designation. doees anyone have any experience with this? Does anyone think formatting the drive would help? On PATA (EIDE) hard drives there are jumpers and a set of pins in the back where the ribbon cable and power cable plug in. You should find a chart on the drives label that will explain how to set the drive as MASTER. Options are usually Master, Slave, Cable Select. The site has a diagram though remember that not all drives are the same so you will want to reference the label on the top of the drive for your configuration: http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/hdrive3.htm I would also recommend that the drive is plugged into the first connector on the cable as a precaution. * There is also two other things you can try before you open your case up. You can try the following two boot options: -v -f This will load you up in Verbose Mode and also ignore the cache file of kexts (drivers) and instead load them individually. -v -x This will load you up in both Verbose Mode and also in Safe Mode (Similar to Windows Safe Mode) It will only load the basics. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1123025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaaalieboy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 On PATA (EIDE) hard drives there are jumpers and a set of pins in the back where the ribbon cable and power cable plug in. You should find a chart on the drives label that will explain how to set the drive as MASTER. Options are usually Master, Slave, Cable Select. The site has a diagram though remember that not all drives are the same so you will want to reference the label on the top of the drive for your configuration: http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/hdrive3.htm I would also recommend that the drive is plugged into the first connector on the cable as a precaution. * There is also two other things you can try before you open your case up. You can try the following two boot options: -v -f This will load you up in Verbose Mode and also ignore the cache file of kexts (drivers) and instead load them individually. -v -x This will load you up in both Verbose Mode and also in Safe Mode (Similar to Windows Safe Mode) It will only load the basics. This would be very helpful, except I'm using a SATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1123227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qhdevon43 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 This would be very helpful, except I'm using a SATA drive. hey guys anymore progress on this? i have the same issue and I will try setting it to IDE mode instead of the other mode.... BTW im also using a sata drive.... any progress? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160293-problem-installing-ideneb-v14-help/#findComment-1232114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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